Research Themes +
Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2008

Destaillats, Hugo, Randy L. Maddalena, Brett C. Singer, Alfred T. Hodgson, and Thomas E. McKone."Indoor pollutants emitted by office equipment: A review of reported data and information needs."Atmospheric Environment 42 (2008) 1371-1388.

Bhangar, Seema, Shannon Cowlin, Brett C. Singer, Richard G. Sextro, and William W. Nazaroff."Ozone levels in passenger cabins of commercial aircraft on North American and transoceanic routes."Environmental Science and Technology 42.11 (2008) 3938-43. DOI

2007

Destaillats, Hugo, Brett C. Singer, and Lara A. Gundel."Evidence of acid-base interactions between amines and model indoor surfaces by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy."Atmospheric Environment 41.15 (2007) 3177-3181. DOI

Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Katherine Y. Ming, Richard G. Sextro, Emily E. Wood, and Nancy J. Brown."Sorption of organic gases in residential rooms."Atmospheric Environment 41 (2007) 3251-3265.

2006

Destaillats, Hugo, Brett C. Singer, Lara A. Gundel, Oliveira E de Fernandes, M. Gameiro da Silva, and J. Rosado Pinto."Secondary pollutants from ozone reaction with nicotine on surfaces."Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference, June 4-8, 2006 (2006) A-451.

Destaillats, Hugo, Brett C. Singer, Sharon K. Lee, and Lara A. Gundel."Effect of Ozone on Nicotine Desorption from Model Surfaces: Evidence for Heterogeneous Chemistry."Environmental Science and Technology 40.6 (2006) 1799-1805. DOI

Singer, Brett C., Hugo Destaillats, Alfred T. Hodgson, and William W. Nazaroff."Cleaning Products and Air Freshners: Emissions and Resulting Concentrations of Glycol Ethers and Terpenoids."Indoor Air 16.3 (2006) 179-191.

Singer, Brett C., Beverly K. Coleman, Hugo Destaillats, Alfred T. Hodgson, Melissa M. Lunden, Charles J. Weschler, and William W. Nazaroff."Indoor secondary pollutants from cleaning product and air freshener use in the presence of ozone."Atmospheric Environment 40 (2006) 6696-6710.

Destaillats, Hugo, Melissa M. Lunden, Brett C. Singer, Beverly K. Coleman, Alfred T. Hodgson, Charles J. Weschler, and William W. Nazaroff."Indoor Secondary Pollutants from Household Product Emissions in the Presence of Ozone: A Bench-Scale Chamber Study."Environmental Science and Technology 40 (2006) 4421-4428.

2005

Destaillats, Hugo, Brett C. Singer, Sharon K. Lee, and Lara A. Gundel."Acid-Base Interactions Of Nicotine And Pyridine On Surfaces."Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2(4) (2005) 1700-1704.

Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, Hugo Destaillats, Toshifumi Hotchi, Kenneth L. Revzan, and Richard G. Sextro."Indoor sorption of surrogates for sarin and related nerve agents."Environmental Science & Technology 39.9 (2005) 3203-3214.

Destaillats, Hugo, Brett C. Singer, Beverly K. Coleman, Melissa M. Lunden, Alfred T. Hodgson, Charles J. Weschler, and William W. Nazaroff."Secondary Pollutants From Cleaning Products And Air Fresheners In The Presence Of Ozone."Proceedings of The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2(9) (2005) 2081-2085.

Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Katherine Y. Ming, Richard G. Sextro, Emily E. Wood, and Nancy J. Brown."Sorption of organic gases in residential bedrooms and bathrooms."Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2(9) (2005) 2314-2319.

2004

Kim, Janice J., Svetlana Smorodinsky, Michael Lipsett, Alfred T. Hodgson, Brett C. Singer, and Bart Ostro."Traffic-related Air Pollution near Busy Road: The East Bay Children's Respiratory Health Study."American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 170.5 (2004) 520-526. DOI

Wenzel, Thomas P., Brett C. Singer, Robert R. Slott, and Donald H. Stedman."Short-term emissions deterioration in the California and Phoenix I/M programs."Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 9.2 (2004) 107-124. DOI

Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Janice J. Kim."Passive measurement of nitrogen oxides to assess traffic-related pollutant exposure for the East Bay Children's Respiratory Health Study."Atmospheric Environment 38.3 (2004) 393-403. DOI

Apte, Michael G., Lara A. Gundel, S. Katharine Hammond, Raymond L. Dod, Marion L. Russell, Brett C. Singer, Michael D. Sohn, Douglas P. Sullivan, Gee-Minn Chang, and Richard G. Sextro."Indoor measurements of environmental tobacco smoke." (2004).

Nazaroff, William W., and Brett C. Singer."Inhalation of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Environmental Tobacco Smoke in US Residences."Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 14 (2004) S71-77.

Hodgson, Alfred T., Katherine Y. Ming, and Brett C. Singer."Quantifying object and material surface areas in residences." (2004).

Singer, Brett C., Kenneth L. Revzan, Toshifumi Hotchi, Alfred T. Hodgson, and Nancy J. Brown."Sorption of organic gases in a furnished room."Atmospheric Environment 38.16 (2004) 2483-2494.

2003

Singer, Brett C., and Thomas P. Wenzel."Estimated Emission Reductions from California’s Enhanced Smog Check Program."Environmental Science and Technology 37.11 (2003) 2588-2595. DOI

Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, and William W. Nazaroff."Gas-phase organics in environmental tobacco smoke: 2. Exposure-relevant emission factors and indiret exposures from habitual smoking."Atmospheric Environment 37.39-40 (2003) 5551-5561.

2002

Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, Karla S. Guevarra, Elisabeth L. Hawley, and William W. Nazaroff."Gas-Phase Organics in Environmental Tobacco Smoke. 1. Effects of Smoking Rate, Ventilation, and Furnishing Level on Emission Factors."Environmental Science & Technology 36.5 (2002) 846-853. DOI

Webb, , A.M., William W. Nazaroff, and Brett C. Singer."Effect of gaseous ammonia on nicotine sorption."Indoor Air 2002, 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, July 1-5, 2002 3 (2002) 512-517.

Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, and William W. Nazaroff."Effect of sorption on exposures to organic gases from environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)."Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2002, The 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Qualtiy and Climate, Monterey, CA 2 (2002) 138-143.